阅读理解。 Suppose you don’t need your car today. And suppose, as it happens, tha
area does need a car. Would you be willing to rent yours out?
Several car-sharing start-ups, including Getaround, RelayRides and JustShareIt, are eager to
connect car owners with renters this way. The companies have different rules, but participatingo
wners receive, generally speaking, about two-thirds of the rental earnings. RelayRides says an
owner of a midsize, late-model sedan who rents out a car for 10 hours a week could expect to
clear about ＄3,000 a year.
Peer-to-peer car sharing
remains in the trial stage; it can be found in San Francisco and a few other places. It has a long way to go before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb, the surprise
success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space in apartments and houses.
Shelby Clark, founder of RelayRides, says potential investors in his company have been
concerned that owners will be afraid to hand their car over to strangers. To address that, he points
to Airbnb, saying, “Letting people sleep in your living room is much more of a disturbance into
your personal space than letting someone use your car.”
All of these c
ompanies offer their own insurance coverage for their renters, which are supposedto put owners’ minds at ease. But only two states-California and Oregon-have passed laws to
clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident.
“In all the other states, legal ambiguity remains,” Shelby Clark says. “If a renter should be
involved in a serious accident in those states, the victim can be expected to go after every party
possible, including the car’s owner.”
Also to remove the worries of car owners, the driving records of renters are checked for recent
serious violations.
A. A kind of car.
B. An owner of a car.
C. A renting company.
D. A car-sharing renter
B. It deals with house-sharing successfully.
C. It is a very popular car-sharing company.
D. Its ideas are being tried out in some states.
a car-sharing renter should have an accident in California, the car’s owner ___ . B. will not suffer the consequence
C. is not covered by health insurance
D. must pay the insurance for the renter
B. renters are warned not to violate traffic rules
C. more money is given to participating owners
D. people are aware of the importance of sharing
B. remains in popularity
C. is against the state law
D. is a new business model
阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上。
［1］Peer tutoring benefits many students in several ways. Peer tutors can help themselves in
understanding materials. They have to master the material themselves and come to a deeper
understanding to teach others rather than getting taught by a teacher.
［2］Peer tutors get communication and social skills by tutoring. In order to communicate the meaning
of material clearly and make it understood, they must practice the necessary skills to communicate with
other people. These skills also carry over socially as it"s much easier, especially for shy children to
communicate with someone than to communicate with a large group as in a classroom. It"s common for
the tutor and his student to become friends. Developing leadership skills, conf
idence and a sense of
responsibility is easy for a tutor. The tutor becomes a better student, gains more confidence and
understands the teacher"s role better.
［3］Those ___________ can also benefit greatly from peer tutoring. Since the tutors are of the same
age as the students, it"s more comfortable for the children who have trouble with the material and in need
of help to get taught by the same age tutors. This will allow them to ask more questions without fear and
to come to a better understanding of the material. The tutor may be able to pass on little tips and tricks
that helped him understand the material better.
［4］The process of peer tutoring works for all the related people. It"s easy to relate to someone of the
same age. The tutor learns to improve skills useful later in life. The teacher has more time to concentrate
on students. It"s a winning situation for everyone.
___________________________________________________________
2. What is peer tutoring according to the text?(no more than 12 words)
___________________________________________________________
3. What are the benefits of being a peer tutor?(no more than 12 words)
1)_____________________ 2)__________________________
4. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________
5. What doe
s the word "it " (paragraph 2)probably refer to ? (no more than 5words) ______________________________________________________________.
阅读下面的短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意:每空一词。
In the United States, engineering is a profession(职业) that has been historically under the control of
men. Even today, it"s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that"s
something on www.EngineerGirl.org encouraging girls to change the present situation. Young women who
visit the web site can find out about a great job choice they might not have considered.
"Women are not well represented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of
course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering
undergraduate degrees (本科文凭) go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers
are women."
Mary Mattis, the Nat
ional Academy of Engineering, says "we know from the research that
middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it"s a time when we need to reach them, so
this website aims to increase their awareness of interesting fields in engineering. On the other hand, it wants
to make them understand what a wonderful produ
ctive and exciting job you can have as an engineer."
Engineering is a demanding course of study-there is a lot of science and math, for many girls and even
boys that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering
can also be fun and exciting.
"It"s about designing things. It"s about changing the world for people. It"s about making a difference.
And, in addition, you can make a good living; you can be independent e
conomically by becoming an
engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get."
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the
EngineerGirl site also emphasizes engineering jobs which are related to other fields such as bio-engineering,
sports engineering and -believe it or not-chocolate engineering.
Even if you are not a girl in the target(目标) age group, there"s a lot of interesting information on the
site, including biographies(自传)of some well-known women engineers.
| Title | Website(1)______ Girls to Learn Engineering | |||
| Present(2)_____ for the engineering profession in the USA | The majority of men take up the profession throughout(3) ______, while only a small number of women work as engineers. | |||
| (4)_____ of the website | ▲To increase young women"s(5)_____of interesting fields in engineering. ▲To make them understand what productivity and (6)_____ the job of being engineers can bring them. | |||
| (7)___________ of being engineers | ▲ It can be fun and exciting. ▲ It can(8)_____ the world for people. ▲ You can make a good living. ▲ You can get economic independence by (9) _____ an engineer | |||
| Other fields concerning engineering | Various chances are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering (10) _____ to sports, and even chocolate. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||
Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising gives more | ||||
| 填空题。 | ||||
| Keeping in touch with our friends is an important part of friendship. This does not mean that 1 have to write or call our friends every day. It does mean, however, that we 2 care enough about our friends to find out how they are doing from time to time. People have different habits about keeping in touch with others. Some like to call their friends, sometimes many times 3 a day. Others prefer to e-mail their friends. Still 4 prefer writing letters so that they can include photos or interesting articles 5 the envelopes along with their letters. Some even write postcards while they are on vacation 6 send them to friends. Every kind of communication is important. It is 7 important what kind of call we make or letter we send. 8 is important is that we let others know we care about them. | ||||
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| The concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be 1 . Solitude can be hard to discover 2 it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have 3 our culture. The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) 4 as we"ve known it. People have become so 5 in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted 6 they"d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog (写博客), not only from our 7 , but from our mobile phones as well. Most developed nations have become 8 on digital technology simply because they"ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not 9 it would make them an outsider. 10 , many jobs and careers require people to be 11 . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a 12 to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times. I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who 13 wants it. Computers can be shut 14 and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be "connected"and " on"has many 15 , as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up 16 on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel 17 and forced to answer unwanted calls or 18 to unwanted texts. Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society 19 across generations. Some find today"s technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone"s view on the subject, it"s hard to imagine what life would be like 20 daily advancements in technology. | ||||
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